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... wiped them out, famine, or disease. Some of the only writing about them exist in Homer’s tales.

Being in a place like Mycenae is what I think of when I think of 'Greece’ in my head. It’s so ancient yet preserved well enough to be able to walk through it and imagine what it must have been like thousands of years ago. I like to let my imagination run wild when I’m in places like this. I like to think of the path I’m walking on ...

Hi everybody,

As you all know, we are back in the states! I haven't had time to finish writing the last three blog entries but I will as soon as I am able. I just wanted to let you guys know so you can check back over the next few days.

I hope everyone is excited to read about Athens because that was our last city and it was epic. Check back soon!

-Michelle

... ground and some solid foundations but it’s still cool to see the large size of the sanctuary and use your imagination when you’re walking around the grounds. Asclepius, the son of Apollo, was the god of healing and it’s said that he built this sanctuary to hold the ill. Among all the rubble you also come across a huge field area which was used for exercise and sports in ancient times.

... extended beyond the natural lay of the land, has there been repairs made. Looking at some of the chipped, yet worn rock seats I was amazed at how they’ve stood the test of time and wondered who may have occupied them over the last 2200 years.

The size and scale of this thing were truly amazing to behold. Even with my widest angle on my camera, I couldn’t get it all in ...

... in Delphi where we are going next. since we lost a couple of days getting to Greece and only have 10 days here before our flight to Cairo, we are going to bag most of mainland Greece and head straight for the Greek Islands. a lot of places we wanted to see on the mainland of Greece are too spread out and would take too long to get to so we wouldn't have time to really see anything once we got somewhere, not in 10 days at least. so we are ...

... to a little restaurant called Santorini Mou. Their business card had a picture of the owner with Jennifer Aniston :) He takes pictures of most of his customers and they sign the book. We also saw pictures of Green Day being there, the owner told us he was friends with them, and he also performed with them before. So at this restaurant while we ate, he and a couple of other men would play music and sing. It was a really great atmosphere ...

Today, we took a trip to the Corinth Canal and the Epidaurus.






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See, we managed to capture the canal with boat!









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Six big sights to see in Athens: Acropolis (Temple of Athena Nike, Parthenon, Erechtheion), Temple of Olympian Zeus, Ancient Agora, Roman Agora, Theatre of Dionysos, and Keramikos, I planned on seeing them all. After 12 hours, a few other sights seen, hiking a hill, getting turned around and lost on that hill, and sitting to draw I finished exhausted. Wait! What about these sights you say?? Staggering ...

... and create a civic centre, which was called the Athenai. One the cult of Athena was established in the 8th c. BC, the Acropolis acquired a religious aspect even though it maintained the name of polis. The first monumental buildings date to the Archaic period, around the end of the 7th and the first quarter of the 6th century BC. The fore runner to the Parthenon was built at that time. In the middle of the 6th and beginning of the 5th centuries, numerous ...

... Union for 2 years. So after work, I came home and we drove to Atlanta - 14 hours straight. It was a crazy trip, one I never thought would be matched...until this Olympics. But we're not there yet...there's still some more set up. So once we moved here, we mentioned to a few people that we wanted to go to Athens for the Olympics. Julie's freshman college roomie Robin was also in love with the Olympics so the plan was that Julie and I would meet Robin and her husband Mitch in ...